Class Profile

Long Tradition of Excellence:

Founded in 1892, CWRU School of Law was one of the first schools accredited by the American Bar Association and was a charter member of the American Association of Law Schools and the Order of the Coif. Our university is a member of the prestigious and exclusive Association of American Universities.

2014 incoming class profile includes:*

146 First Year JD students;

83 LLM students and 12 SJD students;

52% women;

19% students of color;

66% from outside of Ohio;

113 undergraduate programs represented;

28 states and 4 foreign countries;

Median LSAT: 159;

Median Undergraduate GPA: 3.44.

*Profile will not be final until reported to the American Bar Association in October 2014.

The Case Western Reserve Model of Legal Education

Our new curriculum, adopted summer 2013, is designed to give graduates the essential skills employers value most and increase opportunities for direct legal experience. It retains the best of our doctrinal and theoretical education while building on our leadership in experiential education and our strong specialty programs in international, health, business, and intellectual property law.

LLEAP Program (Legal Writing, Leadership, Experiential Learning, Advocacy & Professionalism) follows a sequenced and comprehensive approach to teach students the doctrinal building blocks of law, regulation and the administrative state, legal writing, and the essential competencies of leadership and teamwork. Students learn to draft basic litigation and transactional documents, to make oral arguments, and to negotiate deals.

Our International presence is growing. We have semester abroad programs with foreign law schools on five continents, and concurrent JD/LLM degree programs with universities in London, Paris, and Madrid.